UPDATE: MNI UK Data Survey: Dec UK Public Sector Finances

By Jamie Satchithanantham

     LONDON (MNI) - On the UK data front, the current week will be the busiest

since welcoming in the New Year. Updates on the status of public sector

borrowing will arrive Tuesday detailing public sector finances data from

December - the ninth month of the 2017/18 fiscal year. 

     Our preliminary survey of analysts generates a median stg5.0bn public

sector net borrowing excluding-banks balance for December, in line with the

outturn delivered the in same month in 2016. An equal number saw borrowing

coming in either side of the stg5.0bn-mark, with a high of stg6.0bn and low of

stg4.5bn.   

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                               Dec

                  Public Finances-

                           PSNB ex

                            stg bn

Date Out                    23-Jan

Median                         5.0

High                           6.0

Low                            4.5

Std Dev                        0.4

Count                           11

Prior                          8.7

Berenberg                      5.0

Capital                        5.0

Credit Suisse                  5.0

HSBC                           4.7

Investec                       4.6

Lloyds TSB                     5.0

Nomura                         4.5

Pantheon                       6.0

RBC                            5.7

Stan Chart                     5.0

Societe Generale               5.2

--MNI London Bureau; +44 203-586-2226; email: jamie.satchithanantham@marketnews.com

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